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Star Trek: Picard is an upcoming series that will be produced by CBS Television Studios and will star Patrick Stewart, reprising the role of Jean-Luc Picard. [2] The new series will be set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, [3] dealing with "the new chapter in Picard's life." Stewart has hinted that Picard may not be a captain in the series, and may be "a very different individual" from when he was last seen. [4]

The series was announced at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention on 4 August2018, where Stewart appeared alongside Kurtzman to reveal his involvement. At the time of the announcement, the series was still early in pre-production, with no scripts written yet. [9] According to the actor, the possibility of Picard's return had been suggested to him about a year before, but he originally planned to reject the idea. However, upon revisiting episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and realizing the power and influence of the series, he changed his mind. [10] On making the announcement, Stewart referred to the news as "unexpected, but delightful". [11]

It was reported that, on the day before the announcement, CBS applied for a number of trademarks in classes relating to entertainment, which could be connected with the new series. Marks applied for included "Star Trek: Reliant", and "Star Trek: Destiny", a title that shares its name with a post-TNG Star Trek novel trilogy. [12]

Work in the writers' room began in September 2018, and an image of the staff with Stewart was shared by the actor at the end of that month. [13] Production is expected to begin in April 2019, according to Kurtzman, [14] and the series will be filmed in California. [15] In December 2018, CBS Corporation Chief Creative Officer David Nevins stated that CBS expects the series to launch late in 2019. [16]

In January 2019, Kurtzman announced that the series would acknowledge the prime universe elements of Star Trek, stating that "Picard's life was radically altered by the dissolution of the Romulan Empire." [17]

On 22 April2019, production on the show began. [22] The Star Trek: Picard production is based out of Santa Clarita Studios (SCS). SCS is an independent studio production facility based in Santa Clarita, California, 35 miles north of Hollywood. Although Star Trek will be returning to Hollywood, like all of the previous series save Star Trek: Discovery, it will not be shot at Star Trek's previous home of Paramount Studios. [23] Paramount had not only lost its television division, but the entire franchise as well, when the former Viacom was split in late 2005 into the new Viacom (Paramount's current holding company) and the CBS Corporation with Star Trek ownership passing over to the latter.

On 13 May2019, the announcement was made that Amazon Prime had acquired the international streaming rights for the new series, each episode to be aired 24 hours after its American premiere on CBS All Access. [24][25] Stewart confirmed the news the same day on his Twitter account. [26]

On 15 May2019, the first seven-second teaser, revealing the new show's title and logo, was released. [27] This was followed on 23 May by the first live-action teaser trailer in both the CBS All Access and Amazon Prime Video variants. [28][29] The voice of the teaser trailer's female narrator was not from any of the then-known contracted actresses, but rather from voice actress Merrin Dungey. [30]